Download Now The Decision (Animorphs, #18) Depicted By K.A. Applegate Published As Digital Paper

another Animorphs book. And one I actually remember details of from my childhood,

From a background world building perspective this book is fantastic, For actual story and plot its entirely forgettable filler, At least thats what it feels like, Grand scope stuff happened, but nothing that really matters for the protagonists,

Ax's point of view is still one of the weak ones, but he has grown as a character a lot since his last entry and there is quite a lot of solid humour here.
Ax and the Animorphs are about to have a huge problem, It starts when they decide to morph mosquitoes in order to slip by some unsuspecting Yeerks, It ends with them stuck in Zerospace with no idea how they got there, no way to get back to Earth.
. . and no oxygen,

Luckily, an Andalite scout ship finds them before it's too late, But now Ax is finally with his own people, And he doesn't know if he ever wants to go back to Earth, This is one of my favorite Ax books, but also just an amazing seriesasawhole story, It's far more serious than a good chunk of the books till now have been, brings us to a new world with new characters and

morphs and politics.
It's fleshed out incredibly well for what it is, especially while keeping to the length of a normal Animorphs book.
And by the end, you're flipping pages as fast as you can, hoping they can make it, hoping they can do what they set out to do.
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Just, really love this one, :D Come check out myhourminute deep dive into reading every single Animorphs book for the first time on YouTube.
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This is one of my favourites in the series so far, probably behind only Tobias first POV book and that one with the Ellimist.
Im finding that I tend to enjoy the more scifiheavy entries in the series far more than the ones that are more focused on whats going on in the human world.


This is my first time reading an Ax book other than his first one which was more on the comedic side, and I was surprised by how dark it got.
Not in a bad way though of course, Im always impressed whenever this series addresses more serious topics albeit in a simplified way since it is for younger readers.
Ive probably mentioned it before, but I really love that the kids in this series sometimes have serious disagreements over their personal ideals instead of just behaving like a hive mind and always being on the same page just because theyre the heroes of the story.


My only real complaint is that I feel like the book wrapped up way too abruptly, but I guess thats a hazard of only getting somepages to tell a story.

extremely very good One of the best Animorph books yet! A gripping page turner! Anything I say will spoil the story, so I will leave it at that.
There's a huge amount going on in this book, and it's handled pretty well, I appreciate that it picks up previous worldbuilding elements elaborations on Andalite culture are never particularly interesting, but everything elsefrom the speculative elements to the alien ecosystem of the water planetis.
The Andalite Chronicles, The Warning Book, and The Decision Bookare part of an ongoing conversation about ethics, particularly Human vs Andalite ethics and social politics, and racial hegemony in the face of the Yeerk threat, and it dovetails nicely with Ax's identity crisis and his dynamic with Jake.
It's tainted by the necessary but unsuccessful humor that frames this book I just can't buy that Ax is this bad at comprehending/mimicking human behavior, but the overall thrust is surprisingly tense and nuanced.
Okay, this is probably my favourite this far and I admit all, I have a huge weakness for Ax, and I always love his point of view, The bits of dysfunctional Andalite culture also worked for me, When did they stop being these sort of silly aliens I actually got the chills at several points.
The plot was also more to my taste than the couple of previous ones, Ax books are fun: I always enjoy the angle of humans being described as aliens for an alien audience.
The Decision has an extra layer of alien, too, as were transported across the galaxy to the Leeran homeworld.
Have the Animorphs been off the planet before Besides that time they were in Earth orbit in a Yeerk ship The spacescifi setting has the same draw as sitelinkThe Andalite Chronicles, in that we get to see new, imaginative worlds and experience them for the first time along with the humans.


This Ax installment isnt as comedic as sitelinkThe Alien though it did have its moments e.
g. “I am very good at passing for human”, Instead, it delves more into Axs dual allegiances to the Andalites and the Animorphs, His internal conflict is brought to a head in a moving scene in which he is the only survivor as hundreds of Andalites sacrifice themselves to prevent being taken by the Yeerks.
In his panic and indecision, you're reminded that he too is just a kid,

We see more intraAnimorph conflict in this book too, which we first saw come to the surface in sitelinkThe Warning.
Fear and the stress of war seem to be reducing the Animorphs empathy for each other, In this book, Rachel tears into Ax viciously as hes processing the aftermath of a tragedy, Especially on the heels of the previous book, Rachel is really becoming more of a butt, But you cant blame her not with what the Animorphs go through, Its fascinating how the characters are being shaped by their ongoing trauma,

The plot and the editing in The Decision felt a little sloppier than usual.
The initial hook of trying to morph a highranking Secret Service agent is dropped abruptly, and its never really picked back up or resolved.
And the twist of an Andalite being a traitor for the Yeerks didnt really make sense.
What did the traitorous Andalite have to gain from this arrangement Why would any Andalite work with the Yeerks He just seemed like a bad guy for the sake of being a bad guy.
And then Axs preoccupation with Visser Three having a kafit bird morph seemed silly, Wouldnt Alloran have had a chance to acquire a kafit morph before becoming host to Visser Three In sitelinkThe Andalite Chronicles, Elfangor explains that Andalites use the kafit morph to train their morphing skills.
Ax would know that too, surely, Near the end of the book, its explained that most Andalites dont usually use the morphing technology, but that doesnt preclude Alloran from having done so in the past.
It just seemed like such a nonsensical hangup,

Other thoughts:
I did like the Leerans and the experience of their psychic connections.
It was a poignant moment when Ax lamented the Animorphs closing off their minds to each other.

I cant stop noticing that these books wont use the word “kill”, There are so many instances of the Animorphs talking about “destroying” someone, I assume its some rule in childrens publishing, But its silly.
I love Tobias. I love how hes grumpy, And I love how he sticks up for Ax,
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